Groups & Committees
Support Organisations
Alcoholics Anonymous
National Helpline: 0845 769 7555
Reading Office: 0118 959 7494
Lines open 24 hours.
Meetings held at English Martyrs Parish Centre: Sunday & Tuesday at 20:00
Cruse
Counselling for the bereaved
National Helpline: 0870 167 1677
Reading Branch: 0118 958 8133
Young Persons Helpline: 0808 808 1677
Life
Pregnancy Care Centre National Helpline: 0800 915 4600 (M-F 0900-2100/Sat; 0900-1700)
Samaritans
Emotional support for those in crisis.
59a, Cholmeley Road, Reading, RG1 3ND
Tel: 08457 90 90 90
Catholic Childrens Society
Local office: 50 Mount Pleasant, Reading
Tel: 0118 987 5121
www.catholicchildrenssociety.org.uk
Citizens Advice Bureau
Free and confidential advice on legal, financial and other problems.
Minster Street, Reading
Tel: 0118 959 8059
Drop in times: M-F 1000 – 1230
Telephone only: M-W-F: 1300 – 1600
www.reading.cab.btinternet.co.uk
Age Concern
The UK’s largest charity working with and for older people.
St. Andrews House, Wilton Road, Reading
Tel: 0118 959 4242
www.ageconcernberkshire.org.uk
Relate
The UK’s largest provider of relationship counselling.
Nearest Centre: 281 Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 0JA
Tel: 0118 987 6161
Reading Hospitals Chaplaincy
Chaplains of all denominations are available 24 hours a day via the Hospital switchboard: 0118 322 5111
The Chaplaincy serves:
- The Royal Berkshire Hospital - Dunedin Hospital - Capio Reading Hospital
- The Duchess of Kent House (Hospice)
The Catholic Chaplain is on call 24 hours a day and works with a team of Visitors and Lay Ministers of the Eucharist. Mass is celebrated in the R.B.H chapel on Wednesdays at 11:15.